Comment 29 for bug 179095

Have you tried turning on board sound off in the bios? This will probably work.

Rod Jones

2008/10/7 a bowen <email address hidden>:
> I'm new to linux so probably shouldn't be here but... I installed Ubuntu 8.04 last week on a new second hard drive in a (now mixed OS) Dell Windows XP 2002 - and there's no sound. The sound card is a Creative SB Audigy 2. It seems to be quite a common problem and so I've tried various of the suggested ways of resolving the problem and none seem to help me out...
> - Opening the volume control and toggling the Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack
> - System – Audio – Devices – Changing all the drivers to "ALSA Advanced"
> - Using the Terminal command aplay -l
> Ubuntu sees the card on card 1
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 - IEC958]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 ZS [SB0353]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
> Subdevices: 32/32
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
> Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
> Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
> Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
> Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
> Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
> Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
> Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
> Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
> Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
> Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
> Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
> Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
> Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
> Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
> Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
> Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
> Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
> Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
> Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
> Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
> Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
> Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
> Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
> Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
> Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
> Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
> Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
> Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
> Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
> card 1: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 ZS [SB0353]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
> Subdevices: 8/8
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
> Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
> Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
> Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
> Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
> Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
> card 1: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 ZS [SB0353]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 ZS [SB0353]], device 4: p16v [p16v]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
> Using the Terminal Command: alsamixer
> and adjusting the 25 levels does not seem to make any difference
> Going to ALSA's webpage and looking for the driver it indicates the "emu10k1" as shown in Terminal – vedi: card 1: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 ZS [SB0353]], device 3: emu10k1
>
> On the original Dell installed CD from Sound Blaster it has the Build
> as: SBA2-DLS1D-W3-LB. Is this "emu10k1" the right driver for this?
>
> Please could someone help as I'm lost and in over my head.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by "sound Preferences"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179095
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